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Following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision to put the nation at the forefront of blockchain technology, VeChain (VET) experienced a massive rally. Since then, this cryptocurrency is up 176 percent. And, the bullish momentum could prolong as the VeChain Foundation continues to expand the utility of this token. Tokenizing in-game assets Jamie Thomson, a British […]

Ethereum’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin stepped forward to help free Virgil Griffith. The move comes after Griffith was arrested by the FBI for allegedly helping the North Korean regime to “use cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to evade sanctions.” Buterin advocates to free Virgil Griffith On Nov. 29, the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern […]

A representative of the Bank of China affirmed that the country is preparing to allow security token offerings (STOs) within a strict regulatory framework. China to allow security token offerings (STOs) During the Financial Finance Technology Summit in Beijing, Weimin Guo, chief scientist of the Bank of China, expressed his views about the current state […]

The disappearance of the CEO of Chinese crypto exchange IDAX shed a light on the ever-growing problem of crypto exchange centralization. Having the fate of an entire company in the hands of a single person is a far too common occurrence in the crypto industry and a worrying trend that ought to be stopped. Missing […]

Hackers believed to be responsible for the massive UPbit theft yesterday have begun moving the stolen coins. The 342,000 ETH loot has been split between four different addresses with smaller sums being sent to Binance and Huobi to test the exchange’s reaction. Looking to cash out $50 million worth of ETH UPbit, one of the […]

The third-largest Ponzi scam in history, Plus Token Wallet, could be responsible for the drop in price Bitcoin saw last week. According to one analyst, the massive liquidation from the Plus Token scam caused an abnormal effect on the market, leading to an increased sell pressure that forced miners to capitulate way ahead of schedule. […]

UPbit, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges based in South Korea, confirmed that it was hacked after rumors were mounting. In a statement, the platform announced that all trading activities, deposits, and withdrawals were temporarily suspended until further notice. Suspicious activity On Nov. 27, Naver, South Korea’s most popular news site, reported a suspicious activity […]

Some of the most prominent China-based blockchain projects appear to be recovering quickly after the recent downturn in the market. The following technical analysis evaluates whether NEO, Ontology, and VeChain have the potential for a further advance. NEO Over the last two weeks, NEO saw its value plummet nearly 38 percent. This cryptocurrency went from […]

Almost 200 cryptocurrency exchanges and token issuing platforms have been shut down. According to the People’s Bank of China’s (PBoC) financial report, the country will continue to crack down on “unlicensed payment” businesses, which include online lending institutions and other financial companies operating on the internet. Chinese crypto exchanges exit the market “without risk” after […]

According to Dovey Wan, a founding partner at Primitive Ventures, a local TV station in Shanghai reported that the “office” of Binance in Shanghai was a call center operated by Babi Finance. ??? thanks @DoveyWan — CZ Binance (@cz_binance) November 25, 2019 Wan said that Babi Finance is an investment made by Binance, which outsourced […]

On Nov. 21, crypto industry publication The Block released a story entitled “Binance’s Shanghai office shut down following police raid, sources say.” The article quickly blew up on Twitter, with some going as far as to suggest that it contributed to the recent collapse of the Bitcoin price, which now sits at $7,250 as of […]

The chief executive of Binance, one of the world’s top crypto exchanges, has vociferously denied reports that the firm’s Shanghai office has been raided by Chinese authorities. Incredibly, CEO Changpeng Zhao claims Malta-based Binance, in fact, has no Shanghai office and that the allegations are part of a smear campaign paid for by rival crypto […]

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) wants to create a better standard for regulating new technologies in the financial industry. According to Xinhua News Agency, the regulations will apply to 17 different categories in the fintech industry, including blockchain, AI, and cloud services. PBoC spearheads effort to regulate fintech industry After months of uncertainty regarding […]

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges by daily volume, has announced the acquisition of major Indian crypto exchange WazirX and plans to launch fiat-to-crypto services in India within days. According to a blog post Thursday by Binance, India-based users will be able to purchase and sell crypto using Indian Rupees (INR) on Binance […]

Singapore’s financial regulatory authority announced that it is evaluating whether to allow crypto derivatives to be traded in the nation. Singapore vows to introduce crypto derivatives In response to the increasing interest from institutional investors to trade crypto-related products, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued a consultation paper proposing to let such products be […]

CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to talk with the CEO of EMURGO, Ken Kodama. EMURGO is the commercial arm of Cardano. As CEO of EMURGO, Kodama leads the overall mission to drive the adoption of Cardano by building, investing in, and advising projects or organizations that adopt Cardano’s third-generation decentralized blockchain ecosystem. Below is our […]

VeChain has been on a rampage surging nearly 185 percent in the last 22 days. The spike appears to be correlated with rumors that link the company with China’s launch of a nationwide vaccine tracking system. Despite the bullish impulse seen lately, several technical indicators are estimating that a correction is underway. VeChain’s drug and […]

CryptoSlate recently had the chance to interview Ben Zhou, the CEO and co-founder of Bybit, a crypto derivates exchange platform located in Singapore. In the interview, Ben shares how he got started in crypto, what led him to start Bybit and his crypto predictions for 2020 and beyond. What is your professional background and how/when […]